Table 2.5 Citizenship of the Foreign-Born Population by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1995

          (Numbers in thousands.)



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|               |               |                         Year of Entry                         |

|               |               |---------------------------------------------------------------|

|               |     Total     |     1990+     |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |

|               |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|

|               |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|

|---------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|

|Total          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total        | 24,493|  100.0|  5,896|  100.0|  8,603|  100.0|  4,940|  100.0|  5,054|  100.0|

|  Naturalized  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  citizen      |  7,601|   31.0|    208|    3.5|  1,600|   18.6|  2,169|   43.9|  3,624|   71.7|

|  Not a citizen| 16,892|   69.0|  5,688|   96.5|  7,003|   81.4|  2,770|   56.1|  1,430|   28.3|

|Male           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total        | 12,040|  100.0|  2,979|  100.0|  4,443|  100.0|  2,417|  100.0|  2,200|  100.0|

|  Naturalized  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  citizen      |  3,592|   29.8|    103|    3.5|    842|   18.9|  1,068|   44.2|  1,579|   71.8|

|  Not a citizen|  8,448|   70.2|  2,876|   96.5|  3,602|   81.1|  1,350|   55.8|    620|   28.2|

|Female         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total        | 12,453|  100.0|  2,917|  100.0|  4,160|  100.0|  2,522|  100.0|  2,854|  100.0|

|  Naturalized  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  citizen      |  4,009|   32.2|    105|    3.6|    758|   18.2|  1,101|   43.7|  2,045|   71.6|

|  Not a citizen|  8,444|   67.8|  2,812|   96.4|  3,401|   81.8|  1,421|   56.3|    810|   28.4|

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 SOURCE: Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census

         Current Population Survey, March 1995

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000